I get what Weeknd is supposed to be but he's not believable at all
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I get what Weeknd is supposed to be but he's not believable at all
I think that's the biggest downfall of the series. I feel most actors would've bodied that role, but we ended up with The Weeknd who is not really selling the role that well imo. Dialogue aside, I feel in a lot of roles the actors are what makes a show work. I think they made a mistake going with a musician who isn't that charismatic to play the role.
PlayerNinety_Nine
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Json
Superstar
That’s what I noticed. I saw a clip of Weeknd talking to this Asian girl and the scene was all filmed in close 1 to 1, which gave it this unnatural rhythm.
Like I know Euphoria lets the camera sit on the characters reacting to the dialogue but there’s usually either a camera push or lighting changes going on in the background.
This was literally two people just edited delivering dialogue
Yeah I said the same thing. It’s like they know The Weeknd can’t act so they only give him 6 words to say at a time. His character is at his best when he’s talking music business and not pretending to be a B-movie villain.
The concept is interesting but the graphic detail in some scenes (i.e. the music video shoot) is unnecessary and just on some shock value for shock value sake sh*t.
The sex and drugs underworld scenes get repetitive and stop moving the story forward. It’s like, we get it. What’s next?
The writing is pretty corny at times (whoever brought up that “you ever do cocaine?” Line was spot on about how dumb it was
).I’m in for the rest of the series (basically to see who’s going to die) but it’s mid so far
I'm going to think of movies or TV shows that accurately capture that kind of scene, like doing coke and partying
Spent A LOT of time in those kinds of rooms, (well not in Bel Air) it will sound maybe less than believable from some annoymous poster but I really was like 17-19 doing that in hotel rooms, houses, with escorts and girls from school, watching girls take off their clothes and sniff coke, in the harsh light of a hotel bathroom
and as an adult, my homies live like this, 4:00 AM with club girls and strippers, I got sober a long time ago, but I am still around.
No one sounds that eloquent at 3:00 AM, or smooth, but no one says stuff like "have you ever done cocaine" either, it's chaotic, and loud, a lot of yelling, a lot of cross cutting talking, interspersed conversations, everyone working an angle, aren't really conversations, just random observations or fake arguments about nothing, girls shrieking about one thing or another, people hooking up through alcohol and process of elimination, lots of drama
Usually me in the corner with some girl, or else I'm long gone. But, in writing all that, it's not an easy thing to capture. And, this scene was less people and a much bigger house, which makes it all kind of easier, and it felt seductive in terms of style, and looks, but the action felt very off. What I rarely see in movies is how predictable that scene is, despite all the noise and chaos.
Spent A LOT of time in those kinds of rooms, (well not in Bel Air) it will sound maybe less than believable from some annoymous poster but I really was like 17-19 doing that in hotel rooms, houses, with escorts and girls from school, watching girls take off their clothes and sniff coke, in the harsh light of a hotel bathroom
and as an adult, my homies live like this, 4:00 AM with club girls and strippers, I got sober a long time ago, but I am still around.
No one sounds that eloquent at 3:00 AM, or smooth, but no one says stuff like "have you ever done cocaine" either, it's chaotic, and loud, a lot of yelling, a lot of cross cutting talking, interspersed conversations, everyone working an angle, aren't really conversations, just random observations or fake arguments about nothing, girls shrieking about one thing or another, people hooking up through alcohol and process of elimination, lots of drama
Usually me in the corner with some girl, or else I'm long gone. But, in writing all that, it's not an easy thing to capture. And, this scene was less people and a much bigger house, which makes it all kind of easier, and it felt seductive in terms of style, and looks, but the action felt very off. What I rarely see in movies is how predictable that scene is, despite all the noise and chaos.
PoorAndDangerous
Superstar
I guess the real question here is: does this project even get made without the weeknd pushing it? If the Answer is no, I’ll indulge his stupidity. Lily is killing it
R.E.N. Spells Ren
Veteran
The Weeknd is the only thing remotely interesting about this show. Abel’s character is clearly into some shyt. Gaining some insight into Tedros’ hustle is what kept me 
this episode; from finding out he’s behind Dyanne who got Jocelyn out to the club that night 
to the questions of his background (is he Hawaiian? 
) to whatever he got going on with that Golden Lord
. No way in hell they’d do this, but it would be the greatest heel turn in history if they pivoted to the show being about Tedros and his hustle which ends up being a crazy cult. They could still get off all that wild artsy shyt, but it turns out it’s not Jocelyn, but Tedros is The Idol, the cult leader. 
Now that’sa show I could get behind. 
But I know we just finna get 4 more episodes of pretentious soffcore porn with trash writing amounting to nothing more than some fake artsy fartsy tar pit.
this episode; from finding out he’s behind Dyanne who got Jocelyn out to the club that night to the questions of his background (is he Hawaiian? ) to whatever he got going on with that Golden Lord. No way in hell they’d do this, but it would be the greatest heel turn in history if they pivoted to the show being about Tedros and his hustle which ends up being a crazy cult. They could still get off all that wild artsy shyt, but it turns out it’s not Jocelyn, but Tedros is The Idol, the cult leader. Now that’sa show I could get behind. But I know we just finna get 4 more episodes of pretentious soffcore porn with trash writing amounting to nothing more than some fake artsy fartsy tar pit.
Fillerguy
Veteran
Are we supposed to be laughing at this? And that alien looking chick looks like she needs an adult. I hope that asian chick actually takes the show over because I'm tired of looking at the main bytch.
i think they're gonna lean into "you're supposed to laugh at this" but that was never the full intention. i think it's got some "black comedy" elements to it, but it's really really bad so they're gonna retroactively say, "that's what we were going for." watch
